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Exploring the spiritual needs of Older People
The older we get the more we have to let go of the things or the people we treasure most. Yet it is often in this context that the emotional and spiritual needs of older people are overlooked. Today over 18% of the UK population are aged 65 and over thats 10.7 million people. This rapidly growing group in the UK needs support, and opportunities to find faith.
We have produced a resource "A Mission-shaped Church for Older People", which contains training material for churches to raise awareness of work with older people, resource material for ministry with older people and ideas for evangelism among both the elderly frail and the younger-old. Published jointly by Church Army and The Levenson Centre. To order your copy please contact The Leveson Centre, as they are processing the orders.
Older People and the Sheffield Centre
Mike Collyer worked for the Sheffield Centre with the focus of research with Older People, and retired in 2010. For more information on Mike please follow this link: Michael Collyer
Mike's resources for work with Older People:
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Discovering Faith in Later Life- a series of publications from Mike's research. Contains ideas for working with and for older people that that may inspire churches and groups. Free to download, just click on the link.
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Information Bulletins- are also no longer produced. They were released every 2-3 months until January 2010, when Mike retired. The focus on older people information bulletins are still a useful resource for currrent news about older people, and are free to download - just follow the link.
Links
Here are some key agencies we have regular contact with. Please click on the images to visit their websites.
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Age Concern have been working with Older People since the beginning of time... |
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The Christian Council on Aging |
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Keychange charity |
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The Leveson Centre |
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Mission Care |
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The Outlook Trust |
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Regenerate RISE |
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Vintage Blacon |
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VOX - Valuing Older eXperience |
